Gas-producer.



C. A. KUENZEL.

GAS PRODUCER.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 29, 1911.

1,042,566. Patented 001.429,1912.

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*UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. KUENznL, or BUENA vIs'rA, CoLoRAn'o, As'sIeNofn To THE KUENznL GAS PRODUCER a-smnnrnn. CONSTRUCTION Co., A ConPoItATIoN 0F WASHINGTON.

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Application led November 29, `1911.

rateatedoct. 29,1912.

Serial N0. 663,047.

T0 alt whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. KunNzEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buena Vista, in the county of Chaffee, State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Gas-Producer, of which the following is a specification.

My invention Consists of an improved gas generator for generating gas from oil and of a glass-cylinder, 6, forming an oil-reoeptacle and having a bottom 7. A tube, 8, is axially secured in said receptacle, having its ends secured in the head and bottom and said tube has a valve-chamber, 9, formed at about its middle. A valve-seat, 10, is formed in the bottom of said chambensan ai valve is in the shape of a double cone. The sides of the valve-chamber are formed with radial channels, 12, having valve-seats, 13, at their outer ends, and valves, 14, litupon said seats and have stems, 15, extending inward and provided with heads, 16, at their inner ends, which heads may be engaged and moved outward by the' upper, cone-shaped end of the main valve l1, when the latter is raised. The outer ends of the valve-stems slide in upright guides, 16, in the oil-receptacle, and springs, 17, upon said stems bear against said guides and the lateral valves 14, to force the same against their seats. The main valve has a stem, 18, whichI slides through a gland, 19, in the head of the receptacle and has a spring, 20, around it, hearing against said glandand against a lshoulder, 2l, upon the stem to force the main valve down upon its seat. The upper end of the valve-stemhas a head, 22, and the forked end of a lever, 23, engages the stern and head. Said lever is ulcrumed upon the head of the oil-receptacle and has the upper eiidof .a connecting rod, 24, pivotally connected to it. l

A high efficiency double-acting air-compressor, 25, of any known or desired type has a compression-cylinder, 26, and a power-- Cylinder, 27, for steam or other power, ands the' pistons of vsaid cylinder are connected by a piston-rod, 28, carrying a slotted crosshead, 29, guided in ways, 30, and engaging a crank, 3l, upon the shaft, 32, of a flywheel, 33. A lever, 34, is fulcrumed upon the compression-cylinderand has one arm pivotally connected to the lower end of the connecting rod 24, The other arm of said .lever has a slot, 35,l formed with a cambulge, 36, at about its middle, and an arm, 37, is secured to the cross-head yof the coinpressor and has a cam-head, 38, movable within the slot of the lever and engaging the cani-bulge in the same. A pipe, 39, exe tends from the lower end of the axial tube in the oil-receptacle, below the main valve-seat in the same, and said pipe enters a pipe, 40, having an open upper end. for the intake of in a jacket., 42, which pipes again communicate with a number of pipes 43, inclosed in a jacket, 44, and said pipes open into the lower end of a gas-container, 45, having plates, 46 and 47, at its upper and lower ends, into which the ends'of a number of pipes, 48, of small diameter arersecured. A checker-work, 49, of blocks 50, is placed upon the upper plate 46, in the container, and a number of pipes, 51, inclosed in a jacket, l52, lead from the top of the container to the burner or whatever other device where the gas is burned or otherwise consumed. A pipe, 53, leads from the bottom-space, 54, of'the container'and is connected to the tops of the oil-tanks, suitable valves, 55 being providedto control the supply of gas under pressure to said tanks.

When the air-compressor is started, the arm 37 upon the cross-head and its camhead will strike the cam-bulge in the lever. at each reciprocation, drawing the main valve in the oil-receptacle upward to open the lateral valves to admit oilinto the valveair and connected to the intake of the com- I chamber and to allow a quantity oi loil to escape 'trom4 the valvechamber. This intermittently oil "will be drawn into the compressor mingled with air entering through the open intake pipe and the ininture will be compressed and be forced through the smail pipes in the connection to the container and into' the latter being at all times retained under substantially the initial pressure. By passing through the small diameter pipes and throng the checker-work at the top of the container, the liquid oil will be nely comminuted and thoroughly mixed under pressure with the compressed air, being also vaporized by the heat of the compression, so that there will issue from the container a perfectly dry and highly inflammable gas, which may be used for any purpose for which gas is employed, such as for heating boilers, smelting ores, heating or melting metals or glass, or any similar purpose. The passage of the oil and air `mixture through the small pipes in the connections and receptacle will thoroughly mix said constituents, and the maintenance of substantially the initial pressure upon the gas will Y prevent the same from decomposing and returning to the. original state of the constituent elements, such initial pressure being maintained by the capacity oi" transmission in the pipes and receptacle bein substantially the capacity of delivery o the cornpresson. 1

A proportion of ninety seven per cent. (97%) oi' -air under atmospheric pressure to three per cent. (3%) of oil will form a highly inflammable gas of great heatingv properties.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure bylietters Patent, is

l. ln an apparatus of the character stated, means for intermittently feeding oil in small quantities, means igor admitting air to min with such oil, a high-eticiency compressor for compressing such ruined air and oil, and a conduit for such compressed mixture consisting et a pluraiity off smali diameter pipes, the transmission capacity oi such pipes being substantially equal tothe delirf erin ca acit oit such com ressor wherein the initial. pressure oit the compressed miir- 'in small quantities, means tor admitting air to mix with such oil,'a higheiciency comn presser for compressing such mixed air and oil, a gas-container composed of a luraiity of small diameter pipes, and a con uit connected to said compressor and container and consisting of a plurality of small diameter pipes, the transmission capacity ot such pipes being substantially equal to the delivery capacity o such compressor, whereby the initial pressure of the compressed 'mixture is maintained.

3. ln an apparatus of the character stated, means for intermittently feeding oil in small quantities means for admitting air to such oil, means for compressing such mixed air and oil, a gas-container composed of a plurality of small-diameter pipes and a checker-work of blocks at its discharge end, and a conduit connected to said compressing means and container and consisting of a plurality of small-diameter pipes.

fl. ln an apparatus of 'the character stated, an oil receptacle having means for supplyingl it with oil, a valve 1n the outlet of such receptacle, an air-compressor, a pipe from the outlet of said oil-receptacle, an airintake pipe for said air-compressor and having said oil-pipe connected to it, connecting means between said air-compressor and the valve in the oil-receptacle for intermittently actuating said valve, and a conduit connected to the discharge of the air-compressor and consisting of a piurality oi small-diameter pipes.

CHARLES KUENZE a.

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